Summary:
Marinette Middle is the only middle school in the Marinette School District in Marinette, Wisconsin, serving grades 5–8 with 534 students at 1011 Water St. Because it is the district's sole middle school, the district's middle-grade results and the school's results are identical in every reported Forward Exam row.
Academically, the school trails Wisconsin in all ten reported test areas for 2025–2026. Averaged across those areas, proficiency was about 39.3% versus roughly 55.0% statewide — a gap of about 15.7 percentage points. Seventh grade is the clear bright spot: math reached 53.85% (state 55.67%) and ELA 50.96% (state 55.33%), and 7th grade math posted the largest year-over-year gain in the data, up 12.59 percentage points. Fifth grade ELA (42.02%) and math (35.29%) also improved notably, as did 8th grade math (42.86%). The weakest area is 6th grade, where ELA (30.47%) and math (28.91%) both sit more than 24 points behind the state and declined from the prior year. Eighth grade ELA (32.58%) and social studies (43.61%) are also far below state, and 8th grade science fell sharply from 42.50% to 32.33%, widening its gap from 7.54 to 19.53 points.
Context matters too. The school ranked 507th of 643 middle schools (21st percentile, 1 star), and the district ranked 382nd of 432 (12th percentile, 1 star), with the school holding in the bottom quartile across three years. Chronic absenteeism was 32.7%, compared with 22.9% districtwide and 17.3% statewide, and the dropout rate was 3.8% versus 2.7% district and 1.1% state. About 49.63% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch, per-student spending is $14,209, and the student-teacher ratio is 12.7:1, though no state or district comparisons were provided for spending or ratio.
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